Riddle I cannot understand

[nq:1]I wonder if anyone could explain the following riddle I found and cannot undertand: "What does Santa clean his sleigh with? - Conet of course!" Thanks[/nq]
It's "Comet". That's a brand name of a cleanser, and also the name of one of his reindeer.
Robert

[nq:1]I wonder if anyone could explain the following riddle I found and cannot undertand: "What does Santa clean his sleigh with? - Conet of course!" Thanks[/nq]
Shouldn't the riddle be rephrased: "With what does Santa clean his sleigh?"

-Joe

[nq:1]I wonder if anyone could explain the following riddle I found and cannot undertand: "What does Santa clean his sleigh with? - Conet of course!"[/nq]
It is Comet, not Comet.
This is a solely American joke combining:

1. The list of names of Santa Claus's reindeerin the poem "The Night Before Christmas."
Comet is one of the names.

2. Comet is also the name of a pop

[nq:1]I wonder if anyone could explain the following riddle I found and cannot undertand: "What does Santa clean his sleigh with? - Conet of course!" Thanks[/nq]
The answer should be "Comet, of course!" Comet is name both of one of the reindeer and of a household cleaning powder.

Martin Ambuhl

[nq:2]I wonder if anyone could explain the following riddle I ... Santa clean his sleigh with? - Conet of course!" Thanks[/nq]
[nq:1]Shouldn't the riddle be rephrased: "With what does Santa clean his sleigh?"[/nq]
No need. Try "Which drawer is what Santa cleans his sleigh with in?"
The notion that an English sentence cannot end with a preposition is pernicious nonsense. One may move a

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[nq:1]As Winnie said, "That is something up with which I will not put."[/nq]
If he actually said it. And if that's how he phrased it.

I don't know if you noticed, frank, but Eric Walker bailed on us a day or so ago. You'll have to find someone else to suck up to, but I'm sure you'll have little trouble doing so. You might want to consider Young Joey, who posts as DE781. A fascinating

[nq:2]As Winnie said, "That is something up with which I will not put."[/nq]
[nq:1]If he actually said it. And if that's how he phrased it. I don't know if you noticed, frank, but ... want to consider Young Joey, who posts as DE781. A fascinating fellow. Bob Lieblich Oy! frank green is back[/nq]
So where did this pernicious nonsense about prepositions come from? Should I trust anything I t

[nq:2] If he actually said it. And if ... fascinating fellow. Bob Lieblich Oy! frank green is back[/nq]
[nq:1]So where did this pernicious nonsense about prepositions come from? ShouldI trust anything I think I know about the English Language?[/nq]
Go to your local city or university library and take a look at a copy of *Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage* (also known as the

[nq:2]I wonder if anyone could explain the following riddle I found and cannot undertand: "What does Santa clean his sleigh with? - Conet of course!"[/nq]
[nq:1]It is Comet, not Comet.[/nq]
Are you sure it's not Comet?
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